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as in deserted
left unoccupied or unused
she consciously avoided walking past the abandoned house, with its broken windows and sagging porch
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as in rampant
showing no signs of being under control
wild, abandoned dancing that shocked the staid chaperones at the debutante ball
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as in indulged
to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly
more than ready to abandon himself to a life of complete idleness for the duration of his vacation
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as in left
to cause to remain behind
abandoned the group that he had been hiking with and struck out on his own
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as in canceled
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)
the bad weather forced NASA to abandon the launch
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as in discontinued
to stop doing (something) permanently
marriage customs that were abandoned decades ago
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Recent Examples of abandoned
Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
The 33 towns being considered for this project, which are expected to meet final approval in the coming weeks, are all on the brink of extinction with the number of empty and abandoned houses outnumbering those that are inhabited.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
It sat abandoned until 1969, when a group of Native American activists occupied the island and remained there for the next two years, according to NPS.
—Noe Padilla, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Thousands of abandoned and derelict vessels around the US pose environmental and navigational challenges.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
The 33 towns being considered for this project, which are expected to meet final approval in the coming weeks, are all on the brink of extinction with the number of empty and abandoned houses outnumbering those that are inhabited.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
However, attorneys say that number is inflated because many of the pending cases have been abandoned by the applicants, but were not formally withdrawn.
—Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
It sat abandoned until 1969, when a group of Native American activists occupied the island and remained there for the next two years, according to NPS.
—Noe Padilla, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abandoned
Adjective
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Activities include seeing the filming locations of Cast Away, which follows Hanks as a FedEx analyst who becomes stranded on a deserted island after his plane crashes, as well as a experiencing captain’s dinner.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
5 Apr. 2026
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For an additional charge, catamaran rentals, scuba diving, and visits to deserted islands can be arranged.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Yet for decades, this strategically important industry has been undermined by rampant customs fraud and chronic underinvestment in trade enforcement.—
Kim Glas,
Footwear News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Despite rampant speculation about what might happen if two Republicans advance to the general election, Guerra said the odds of Democrats being locked out of the race are, in reality, slim.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
6 Apr. 2026
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His appetite for complexity was increasingly indulged as a means of branding cities and institutions, and his novel forms were deployed as blunt metaphors to absorb and obscure contradictions rather than negotiate them in material and spatial terms.—
Julian Rose,
Artforum,
26 Mar. 2026
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The custodian of the maison’s some 20,000 documents, fragments, and objects is the effervescent Sophie Rouart, who indulged me in pulling any style of my choosing.—
Stephanie Sporn,
Vogue,
27 Jan. 2026
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But those shootarounds can be canceled for any number of reasons, including if the game is the second in consecutive nights, or if the team is in the middle of a tough stretch of travel or practiced the day before.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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After the coronavirus pandemic canceled Coachella in 2020 and 2021, fans were excited to be back at the polo grounds in 2022.—
Vanessa Franko,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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Glock discontinued its pistol model late last year and replaced the plastic nub near the rear sight with a small steel rail in its new pistol models, known as Gen V, to solve the conversion issue.—
Jack O'Connor,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Three of those cases were either settled or discontinued.—
April 8,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Under former Mayor Eric Kellogg, the city lost millions on a scheme to rehabilitate a disused hotel.—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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Understanding that Mandela’s liberation meant that white-minority rule was coming to an end, the founders trekked into the desert, bought a disused mining town wholesale, and established a colony.—
Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026
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This terrific new Bloomberg profile details how Microsoft CFO Amy Hood has emerged as one of the most powerful—and controversial—figures shaping the company’s AI strategy, tasked with threading the needle between runaway infrastructure spending and the risk of falling behind in the AI race.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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The incident highlights how X continues to struggle with runaway disinformation.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
2 Apr. 2026
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Many of those animals are surrendered when their owners can no longer properly care for them, an issue that Alessandro Catenazzi, associate professor of biological science at Florida International University, stressed.—
Julian Camejo,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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Lukáš Dostál surrendered six goals on 29 shots, with culpability to spread around between him and his defense.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Abandoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abandoned. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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